Asthenotoma meneghinii is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Asthenotoma meneghinii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | †Asthenotoma |
| Species: | †A. meneghinii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Asthenotoma meneghinii (Mayer, 1868)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Pleurotoma meneghinii Mayer, 1868 (original combination) | |
Description edit
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Distribution edit
This extinct marine species occurs in the Tortonian strata of the Upper Miocene near Sassuolo in the Northern Apennines, Italy
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (1970). Asthenotoma meneghinii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867978 on 2016-02-08
- Mayer, C. 1868. Description de coquilles fossiles des terrains tertiaires superieurs (suite). Journal de Conchyliogie. 16: 102–113.
- Gatto, R (1993), Pleurotoma meneghinii Mayer, 1868 (currently Asthenotoma meneghinii; Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed replacement of neotype by rediscovered lectotype; Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50 pp. 209–211